I just moved to a new house. My first time on a well. Water is very hard, but neutral PH out of the tap.
Because I moved I wanted to kick start my aquarium. I bought some eco complete. I put it in wet as they recommend. A day later, my PH is over 8.
Change water 50%, it's back to 7.0. Next day, it's back to 8.
Wash and repeat. It's been 7 days.
It might be even higher than 8 -- My Coop test strips only go to 8.
I know it's the eco complete causing the problem. Because another aquarium I set up with just black gravel (couldn't afford more eco complete), and it's at 7.2.
What should I do? Do I have to trash the $30 of eco complete?